Rebuilding the Temple on the Lower East Side

<div class="image"><img alt="Eldgridge Street Synagogue" src="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/01/07/eldridge_sm.jpg"></div>
In the magazine this week, architecture critic Justin Davidson considers the recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue, calling it a “splendid relic of a more deprived age.” Now a museum and Jewish cultural center, the synagogue opened in December after a decades-long restoration. We took our camera for a grand guided tour. Read the review, watch the video, and then take a trip downtown to see for yourself.
<a href="http://nymag.com/arts/architecture/reviews/42591/">Reconstructionist Judaism</a> [NYM]
<a href="http://video.nymag.com/?fr_story=5b051ef4a5e81f50c712312efa428cd8c1bca143&rf=bm">Video: Inside the Eldridge Street Synagogue</a>

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In the magazine this week, architecture critic Justin Davidson considers the recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue, calling it a “splendid relic of a more deprived age.” Now a museum and Jewish cultural center, the synagogue opened in December after a decades-long restoration. We took our camera for a grand guided tour. Read the review, watch the video, and then take a trip downtown to see for yourself.